My husband is not the CEO
Thirty Six
Caramel exhales loudly many times in the steering wheel, should the car make its journey feel faster but this is the opposite. The horn sound from the other riders made Caramel even more upset. He has lived 28 years in Jakarta but still upset when stuck in traffic.
Rafka sees Caramel worried, he regrets allowing his wife to drive. Rafka and Caramel wanted to walk from the apartment but considering they would be shopping a lot, it was certainly impossible to take him with two hands.
"We can walk in one minute, but more than five minutes by car." Omel Caramel, he kicked his innocent car.
Rafka was silent, thinking how to calm Caramel down at a time like this. Having not eaten rice, Caramel must be in a bad mood right now. Not for Indonesians, not eat his name if you have not eaten rice.
"How was the concert?" Rafka tries to distract Caramel.
"It's not fun watching alone." Caramel turns on the wipers as the rain starts to fall and makes the car glass blurry.
"Why are they doing online concerts?" Rafka asked without seeing Caramel, the car in front of them seemed to move slowly—3 minutes more they would soon reach Grand Indonesia.
"Don't know." Caramel put her shoulder to shoulder, "perhaps so that fans around the world can watch them, luckily the WiFi signal in the apartment is very fast so I can watch without any interference at all."
It seems Rafka managed to restore the mood of Caramel, the assumption is true that the wife will always be excited when discussing it.
"What do we want to eat?" Caramel sees the rearview mirror to park his car, the first thing he has to do when he gets there is eat. Caramel had been holding back hunger from this afternoon, he had imagined eating chicken katsu with a lot of rice. He had spent all the remaining fruit in the refrigerator but still not full.
"What do you want to eat?" Rafka asked back, if answered according to his wishes surely Caramel would not agree. Often their desires are not the same whereas in this case a wife always wins.
"Kimukatsu yes." Caramel opened the seat belt after successfully parking the car.
"Can." Rafka smiled, he took Caramel's hand into Grand Indonesia which was never deserted by visitors.
Their first destination was Kimukatsu, one of the restaurants that served a wide variety of Chicken Katsu flavors. Caramel is not the name if you do not like processed fried chicken, he and fried chicken are like inseparable sidekicks. Caramel used to be very fond of instant noodles, but somehow since pregnancy just saw it make him nauseous.
Caramel does not believe if pregnancy can change the appetite even a person's habits but after experiencing it himself he just believes. Precisely now Rafka always eats instant noodles outside. Their liking was inversely proportional since Caramel became pregnant.
"Pinjem hp dong." Caramel reached out to Rafka after they found a seat in the corner of Kimukatsu which was quite crowded that night. Caramel wants to create an Instagram Story on Rafka's account. If it wasn't Caramel who created his account then Rafka wouldn't be able to use Instagram for the rest of his life.
"Bikin boomerang yes." Caramel pointed Rafka's phone right in front of them preparing to make a boomerang on instagram against a background of brownish walls that looked beautiful on camera.
"What's that?" Rafka saw Caramel who was preparing to put a big smile on camera.
Caramel's smile disappeared instantly, he lowered the phone. "My hands are already sealed and you don't know?" He looked at the husband.
"I'm sorry, let's make it easier." Pinta Rafka, she smiled at Caramel. He really does not know the terms on social media.
"Yes, I took a picture of you." Caramel smiled broadly revealing her neat rows of teeth, a contrived smile. Rather than nagging better this time Caramel relented, it seemed like he had to educate his robot even harder.
When it comes to photographing Rafka champion, he never studied the world of photography specifically but the results of his shots are always good plus a sophisticated phone then the picture will be more awesome.
They ended the photo activities when the waiter delivered orders in the form of Chicken Katsudon, Gyukatsu Cheese and Salmon Sushi. Caramel put Rafka's phone near her phone because she still hasn't seen Rafka's shots.
"Let me mix the sauce." Rafka mixes Chicken Katsu sauce while Caramel starts eating Sushi with passion.
Caramel's attention was shifted on the screen of Rafka's cell phone, there was a message from Danu.
What did you say to Elsa?
Spontaneously Caramel stopped chewing, he read the message once again before the phone screen turned off again. Caramel glanced at Rafka who was pouring katsu sauce into the bowl. Caramel's chest heated up after reading a sentence from Danu, it was just a brief message of success that made her inflamed. The unpleasant feeling he felt this morning turned out to be true.
"What's in the office?" Caramel asked, isn't Rafka always going to answer the question honestly. Caramel wonders if this time Rafka can still be honest with him, if Rafka lies then he will not forgive her easily. Caramel has put great trust in Rafka, he does not want to be disappointed in men for the second time.
"The coordination went well." Rafka smiled moving the sauce she had prepared into the middle of the table so that Caramel could reach her.
"Is the meeting so important?"
"Of course, we often do meetings but the meeting was led directly by the head of BMKG." Rafka is confused by Caramel's change in face. While eating Caramel's first piece of sushi is still cheerful but now his face is grim, Rafka wonders if the sushi is not to his wife's liking? Understanding women's hearts is indeed something that is very difficult, Danu who has been married for many years just can not do that well let alone Rafka who just got married in a matter of months.
"What's wrong?" Rafka touches Caramel's arm but the woman immediately removes him to his surprise.
"I want to eat." Tukas Caramel, he continued eating even though he had lost his appetite. He hates Danu who has made his dinner mess up.
Rafka held her breath rather than forcing Caramel to eat Gyukatsu Cheese, which teased her about asking to eat. No wind no lightning—just rain suddenly Caramel's mood changes in seconds, Rafka does not know what causes it and he has to find out for himself because Caramel is reluctant to tell the story.
"Where's your wallet." Caramel looked up at the hand, the salmon sushi in front of him was up in an instant.
Without saying much Rafka gave his wallet to his wife.
"Today all your groceries are paid." Caramel.
"It usually is so." Reply Rafka plain, even though it is Caramel's goods that are not too important must be purchased with Rafka's money. As Rafka's husband has no objections at all.
Caramel sees a picture of herself during her High School breakup inside Rafka's purse as she is about to pay for their food.
"You still have this picture?" Caramel returns Rafka's wallet after she takes one credit card from there.
"Yes." Yeah."
"Are you really this photo yourself?"
"Can't you?" Caramel tilts her head at Rafka.
"Because I came to your farewell party first, I happened to bring camera—"
"So they ask you to take a picture?" Caramel interrupted.
"Frightly so."
"Why did you come to my farewell event when you graduated, after all our school is different."
"Because I want to see you." Rafka turned his head completely to Caramel, he also developed the sweetest smile.
Caramel's view softened to hear Rafka's statement, but considering the content of Danu's message earlier he became worried about having to believe or not in Rafka who he said never lied—so far as Caramel knew him.
Rafka still remembers how happy he was to see Caramel have completed his high school education well. Although Caramel was already owned by someone else, Rafka wanted to see Caramel up close before she really had to give up her heart with Rama.
"Your photos are great, I uploaded them to Instagram." Caramel uploaded a photo of herself to Rafka's instagram account without the need for approval from the owner first. It became the second post after their photo in the apartment pool. If not Caramel who uploaded it then the account will be empty until they have grandchildren or even great-grandchildren.
Caramel again saw the incoming message to Rafka's phone.
It's not in vain that I tell you to sit with Elsa.
Caramel's hands clenched firmly reading the second message from the Danu. Caramel can't let Danu get Rafka seduced by the other women out there. If there's a Danu here Caramel will curse the man all out.
"So you met Elsa?" Caramel turns to see Rafka who is busy choosing meat, he has entered Rafka's phone without replying to Danu's message.
"Hm?" Rafka turned her head—stops her activity of choosing meat, her forehead slightly wrinkled.
"So you met Elsa?" Caramel Repeat.
"Elsa?" Rafka seemed to think.
"Now look at Danu's message." Caramel showed Danu's WA message to Rafka.
Rafka's face turned flat after reading the message, he just remembered that the woman who sat at the table with him was named Elsa. Amazingly Rafka is he can remember the events of 12 years ago in detail but does not remember the name of the woman who met him earlier.
"So you met Elsa, sat down at a table?" Ketus Caramel's.
"I just sat for about five minutes and left."
Caramel seemed to be in disbelief with Rafka's answer even though deep down she wanted to trust him. But bad experiences in the past about his relationship and Rama make him not want to believe in others easily.
Rafka grabs Caramel's hand carrying the woman sitting on one of the chairs around there leaving their empty grocery trolley. Rafka recounted the incident last afternoon when he met Elsa in detail without being missed. They had to resolve the misunderstanding right then and there in order not to drag on.
"The woman named Elsa has absolutely no effect on me, I beg you not to worry too much about such things, I only love you from twelve years ago until later."
"Dare to cheat I hung you in the roundabout fountain of HI." Threaten Caramel with a pursed mouth.
Rafka laughed briefly, relieved to convince Caramel. Tomorrow he will give the calculation to Danu for disturbing his calm with Caramel.
"You want to go on?" Rafka asked, if Caramel is not in the mood for shopping tonight then they can postpone it until tomorrow even though the refrigerator in the apartment is completely empty. For Rafka, Caramel's mood is the most important.
Caramel nodded and moved from her seat. They continued the delayed activity of buying meat and vegetables for stock the next week. Although close but Caramel lazy if you have to go back and forth to Grand Indonesia just to buy vegetables— Rafka's favorite food.
"How?" Rafka is confused looking for Caramel who is lost from his sight, he turns to the right and left but does not find the figure of the wife.
Their trolley was already full of groceries, Caramel bought plenty of snacks and instant food to make it easier to make when he was lazy to cook. Rafka kept buying various vegetables, he remembered the doctor's message that pregnant women should eat a balanced diet.
Rafka brings groceries to the cashier to pay for it while still looking for Caramel. She was like a mother who lost her child in the market.
"What's he doing there?" Rafka saw Caramel in one of the jewelry stores, he stepped quickly to Caramel because the groceries had been finished packaged.
Caramel's smile brightened with sparkling eyes as she tried one of the bracelets. When he saw Rafka approaching him, he developed a smile wider and more death row that he would use so that Rafka bought him the bracelet.
"I'm looking for you." Tukas Rafka's.
"Not good?" Caramel showed a bracelet with a circular star accent on her left wrist.
"Whatever's good for you." Reply Rafka honestly.
"Yes, I bought it when it was good."
"Aren't you holding my credit card?" Rafka looked at the pocket of Caramel's clothes, where the woman had kept her credit card.
Without any more ba-bi-bu Caramel directly gave Rafka's credit card to the woman who had served her patiently tried some jewelry there. Caramel's heart blossoms after receiving a gift of her own choosing. It's okay Rafka does not know how to use Instagram let alone make a boomerang with the application as long as he can meet the needs of Caramel from important to something very unneeded then Caramel will increasingly fall in love every day.
Now Caramel has complete trust in Rafka, he does not want to hesitate let alone be influenced by the people out there. Caramel knows better what her husband's personality is.
